If you have any questions about our Young Community, please contact our Community Team.
Wish List Requests
As part of the Young Community you will be able to make requests for advice from our support network which is made up of over 7,000 creative and cultural professionals from across the country.
New for 2023 - get a coach!
If you'll be aged between 19 and 25 in February 2023, you are a member of our Young Community, and you haven't had a mentor in the past year, you can apply for an industry/professional coach to help you work towards a specific goal over the course of an intensive 10 week programme. To find out more about coaching and how it could benefit you, check out this page.
Applications are now open. To apply, fill out this form by Friday 7 October.
Ask Arts Emergency
You can ask us for vouchers for resources including books, art materials or tech equipment to support your learning and development.
Ruby Ticket Events
Our Young Community can apply for tickets to a variety of cultural events provided by our generous Network members. You can apply for tickets every month via the Young Community monthly newsletter.
Peer Networking
Get onto the Young Community Discord so you can connect and collaborate with other Community members. We also organise workshops, trips and opportunities for you to meet each other.
Youth Collective
The Youth Collective is a small group young people who meet regularly to develop their own advocacy, activism and community work. If you want to get more involved with the work of Arts Emergency, every year you’ll have the chance to apply to join our Youth Collective. Look out for your chance to sign up in your monthly newsletter.
Work Placements
As well as work experience, you will have the opportunity to apply for paid internships and other creative briefs. If you want to let us know what kind of work experience you're looking for, complete the work experience interest form.
Careers Clinic
Sometimes, job-hunting feels like a job all by itself! If you need support, you can book into our Careers Clinic and we can help you with general careers advice, CV/cover letter feedback and more.
Promote your work
Got work you want the world to see? We have thousands of followers from across the creative industries, and we want to help get your work in front of them. Whether it’s audio, fine art, spoken word, graphics, video, writing, design, dance… anything - let’s help you get seen.
The Newsletter
The newsletter drops into your inbox every month offering news, opportunities, freebies and lots more. It's the main way we'll stay in touch with you so make sure you're subscribed. If you want to change the email address we send the newsletter to, please get in touch: